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Old Fashioned

Name: Old Fashioned
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon or rye whiskey; 1 piece Sugar cube; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 2 dashes Water; 1 piece Orange peel; 1 piece Cocktail cherry

Build an Old Fashioned with whiskey, a sugar cube and aromatic bitters. Learn how to dissolve sugar, choose ice and stir without shaking.

Approx. preparation: 5 min
Glass: Rocks glass
Method: Build in the glass

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Ingredients

Servings

Measures

Current recipe: 1 serving · US fl oz · Original recipe

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Amounts are for the selected number of servings. Prepare each serving separately; add sparkling ingredients just before serving.

Ice

Use a large cube or several substantial cubes that fit a rocks glass.
Meltwater is not measured here; stirring and time in the glass change dilution.

What you need

Jigger · Spoon · Muddler or rounded spoon end

How to make it

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Put the sugar cube in a rocks glass and wet it with bitters and a little water.
Crush and dissolve the sugar before adding ice.
Add ice and measured whiskey, then stir gently.
Finish with orange peel and a cocktail cherry. Serve in the same glass.

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Alcohol in this recipe

≥ 14.2g

Pure alcohol per serving

All servings (1): ≥ 14.2 g
Estimated ABV before ice: Not calculated

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Known ingredients only: bitters measured in dashes are not included.

Ingredient strengths are calculation assumptions: adjust them to your labels. Ice melt is not included in the strength before dilution. Preparation time is approximate. Bitters contain alcohol, but their dash volume is unknown. The result includes known liquids and is not a complete drink total.

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Use the strength on your own bottle. Changing it updates the alcohol calculation, not the recipe.

Bourbon or rye whiskey %Angostura bitters %

Calculated from the stated ingredient strengths (ethanol: 0.789 g/ml). Ice melt is not included. This is not a measurement of blood alcohol. ABV uses measured liquids and excludes the volume of garnishes and solid additions.

Small details, better drinks

IBA specifies a few dashes. Two is an approximate working count, not an exact volume.
This version uses a sugar cube. A syrup variation needs a specified concentration and quantity.
Do not shake: the drink should remain clear rather than aerated.